Direct Quotes

Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.

In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death

I think everybody's crazy, and if I'm the one being a little direct about it, that's fine by me.

I'm very direct. I don't have tantrums. I don't yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.

Knowledge is the eye which must direct the foot of obedience.

The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.

Tarzan is direct; he doesn't ask Jane if they might have a meaningful relationship or if they can get together for lunch sometime.

Sometimes being let down my a human being is the direct cause for you finding your own strength & depending only on Allah.

Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life.

How soon will you realize that the only thing you don't have is the direct experience that there's nothing you need that you don't have?

If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience.

I'd love to direct a film, but I don't think I have the temperament for it. I'm very hyper, and I want things to be done ASAP. If I turn director, I might end up killing my actors.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

Haitian diplomacy will be oriented toward the influx of foreign capital, direct investments that create jobs and stimulate economic growth.

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

If I could direct it [films] I would be very happy. But the economics of business don't always allow you to do what you want.

An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous solution to problems.

Working outdoors or from life puts you in direct contact with the life force, not just the light and the landscape, but also the vitality of the world around you.

We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

I was keen to direct an action film, and when Reliance approached me for the remake of Singham, I saw an opportunity to return to my first love.

Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words.

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

Ive been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.

With the sense of sight, the idea communicates the emotion, whereas, with sound, the emotion communicates the idea, which is more direct and therefore more powerful.

Literature is man's exploration of man by artificial light, which is better than natural light because we can direct it where we want.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil.

I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty.

The choices you've made in the past are the direct cause of all your unhappiness today.

I'd like to direct at some point. But I don't know because 10 years ago I would have never imagined that I'd be here. So in 10 years from now, I might be running a rodeo.

The atrocities in Cambodia are a direct and understandable response to the violence of the imperial system.

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.

The angels love us. And it's their assignment. They are direct, pure emissaries for God.

...in our time art is encrusted with a noisy, opaque, logorrhea of theory that prevents a work from coming into direct, media free, non-interpreted contact with its viewer (its reader, its listener)

I'm using the grid as formation. I wanted a relationship between the paintings and videos so that way when you are looking at the videos there's a direct relationship to the paintings.

Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural state into our human-made world.

I will say what I aspire to is a consistency in making films, to direct something every couple of years.

I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct.

President Trump is bringing a very candid - and direct type of leadership to the White House. And in conversations with leaders around the world, frankly, I think they all find it very refreshing.

The real secret to my success was I could shoot with either hand. Ironically, I became ambidextrous as a direct result of breaking my right hand.

Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.